10 Movie Franchises That Were Robbed Of An Ending

The previous entry referenced movie franchises adapting popular source material, and while this would certainly help the longevity of such franchises in theory, this isn't always the case.

Look no further than The Chronicles of Narnia.

The seven books, written by C.S. Lewis and considered classics by many, were published throughout the 1950s and have retained audiences right up to the present day. The film series, however, was hampered by issues that stopped it from getting anywhere near the end of the source material.

The first movie (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) pulled in an impressive $745 million, but both sequels performed considerably worse, with numbers of just over $400 million each. This put the studio off producing any more movies for a while, though things were seemingly back on track for the fourth of seven planned movies to release.

However, this hope was short-lived. Not only because enough time had passed that the children were too old to return to their roles, but because Netflix purchased the rights. This effectively killed the franchise on the spot. Noise was then made about a potential series at the streaming giant, though nothing of note has been heard since.